M. V. Krishnappa

Mothakapalli Venkatarama Krishnappa (born 1 July 1918, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, he was elected to the Lower House of Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha from Kolar in 1952 [1] from Tumkur 1957 and 1962[2] and from Hoskote in 1967 and 1971 from Mysore State[3][4] and from Chikballapur in Karnataka in 1977.[5]

He vacated his seat Tumkur in 1962[6] to make way for Ajit Prasad Jain, who had lost from Kairana in 1962 Indian general elections against Yashpal Singh, an Independent candidate.[7] Subsequently he was inducted in S. R. Kanthi cabinet (1962) with Law & Parliamentary affairs and Labour portfolio,[8] also nominated to Mysore Legislative Council on 14 May 1962 and remained as MLC till 06 March 1967 when he resigned following the nomination to Lok Sabha from Hoskote in 1967. B. Rangappa was later nominated to his vacated seat from 03 May 1967 and got retired on 18 May 1970.

His brother M. V. Venkatappa was also a politician and was the Karnataka Legislative Assembly speaker from 1999 to 2004.[9][10]

His nephew Rajeev Gowda, (son of M. V. Venkatappa) was also an Indian politician and academician. He is a former member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 26 June 2014 till 25 June 2020 and a national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress[11][12][13]